Challenger Tanks in Channel Tunnel

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Challenger Tanks in Channel Tunnel

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From The Railway Magazine, February 2017, p6
Tanks taken through Tunnel

The British Army has conducted secret tests to take five Challenger tanks through the Channel Tunnel should there be future hostilities in Eastern Europe.

Testing took place on January 17 with tanks being loaded on to wagons and taken to France and back as part of an exercise to evaluate the viability of using the rail link to get vehicles and equipment into Europe.

Army bases at Bicester, Kineton, \ashchurch and Longtown still retain connections to Network Rail and the Channel Tunnel.

In the event of a crisis, the tunnel could be commandeered by the Ministry of Defence.
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